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“The skull must never leave the fridge or the bar may implode. The last time it was taken from the fridge for a mere 30 seconds, my roommate got into a car accident. This was no coincidence.” —Nat Roe, co-manager

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

“Instead of the traditional lineup, it features Jim Morrison as Jesus surrounded by twelve cultural apostles, including John Lennon and Salvador Dalí. They’re eating cheeseburgers with Heinz ketchup.” —Robin Borg, manager

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

“It’s on long-term loan from Gore Mountain in the Adirondacks. We had to haul it over the roof to get it into the backyard, which took some doing. It’s a very popular drinking spot.” —David Pollack, owner

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

“You can only read it in the bar’s mirror: ‘And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day, shall fold their tents like the Nomad, and as silently steal away.’” —Drew Dvorkin, co-owner

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

“We papered our bathroom in early-nineteenth-century mug shots called Bertillon cards, named after Alphonse Bertillon, a French police officer. They were used in the days before fingerprinting.”
—Sam Chiera, Manager

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

This is the electric windmill on the six-hole mini-golf course I built in the backyard—it has a motor that spins the blades. It took about six cases of beer.”
—John Roberts, owner

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

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Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

Slide Header

Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.

Photo: Lisa Kereszi

Slide Header

Address, date, or similar info here.

For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.